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Stock-taking. Framework of Cooperation with Business Partners. Presentation, RIPE NCC Reykjavik, 22 May 2019. Patrick Penninckx Head of the Information Society Department. Cooperation with Companies. Strategy.

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Stock-taking

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  1. Stock-taking Framework of Cooperation with Business Partners Presentation, RIPE NCCReykjavik, 22 May 2019 Patrick PenninckxHead of the Information Society Department

  2. Cooperation with Companies Strategy Council of Europe Internet Governance Strategy 2016 - 2019 recognises the critical role that internet companies play in addressing today's challenges of the digital age Objective Combine Council of Europe’s expertise in HR-based policies and partners’ expertise in digital technologies Opportunities for companies • Boost public confidence • Access to the network of the Council of Europe’s 47 member states and 6 observer states and civil society organisations • Better understand government and societal expectations • Influence the development of Council of Europe policies for the internet • Devise and implement corporate social responsibility initiatives more effectively.

  3. Cooperation with Companies EXCHANGE OF LETTERS with companies • 14 internet companies and associations joined in November 2017 • 2 new partners joined in May 2018 • On-going discussions with potential partners • Apple, Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Kaspersky Lab, Orange, Telefónica and Cloudflare. • Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), DIGITALEUROPE, the European Digital SME Alliance, the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO), GSMA, the Global Network Initiative (GNI) and EuroISPA.

  4. Cooperation with Companies • Strasbourg, 23 May 2018 • Official meeting Committee of Ministers and internet companies (TC-INF meeting) • Implementation mechanisms for the Recommendation on the roles and responsibilities of internet intermediaries • Opportunities for further cooperation regarding new technologies and artificial intelligence • Open Workshop on issues of current concern • cyber-security • data protection • content moderation • e-participatory processes Companies CloudflareDeutsche TelecomEuropeanDigital SME AllianceEuroISPA Facebook GNI Google Kaspersky Lab

  5. Cooperation with Companies Open workshop focus • CONTENT MODERATION • Increasingly performed by AI (99% for Facebook) • A human-rights based approach to the removal of illegal content is required • Transparency and responsibility in the use of algorithms is necessary • DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND MICRO-TARGETTING • New tools aim to provide transparency and integrity to election processes • E-voting still lacks trust • More balanced newsfeeds • CYBER SECURITY • AI is sensitive to cyber-threats • Cyber-security services and education become increasingly important • Holistic stakeholder forums are needed • DATA PROTECTION • AI requires Big Data • The risk of bias is embeddedin the data used to train algorithms • Use of Big Data in justice systems poses challenges in terms of equality before the law • Strengthening the rights of data subjects is necessary

  6. Cooperation with Companies World forum for Democracy 2018, 20 November 2018 “Gender Equality : Whose Battle ?” World forum for Democracy 2019, 6-8 November 2019 Information and democracy

  7. Cooperation with Companies High level conference, Helsinki, 26-27 February 2019 “Governing the Game Changer – Impacts of artificial intelligence development on human rights, democracy and the rule of law” Companies Internet Industry Association (eco) Microsoft Global Network Initiative (GNI) Facebook Google Telefonica Orange

  8. Cooperation with Companies Council of Europe Committee on Counter-Terrorism (CDCT) Thematic Session, 14 Novembre 2018 Terrorism and the Internet T Companies CCIA ETNO EuroISPA GNI Google Microsoft TAT Telefonica

  9. Cooperation with Companies ECRI study on "Discrimination, artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision making" EU High level group on combatting racism, xenophobia and other forms of Intolerance ECRI and Inclusion and anti-discrimination programmes/No Hate Speech and Cooperation Unit No Hate Speech and Cooperation Unit prepares a study on comparing approaches taken by different member states on complex cases touching on human rights concerns reported to the IT companies

  10. Cooperation with Companies Roundtable meeting, 18 January 2018 Presentation of the “Digital Citizenship Education“ and other projects Working Group, 2018-2019 Drafting Guidelines for Governing Partnerships between Education Institutions and Private Sector International conference, 1-7 November 2018 Addressing hate speech in the media: the role of regulatory authorities and the judiciary

  11. Cooperation with Companies MSI-AUT (Committee of experts on Human Rights Dimensions of automated data processing and different forms of artificial intelligence) Participation in CoE workshops at various forums

  12. Cooperation with Companies Brussels, 29 January 2019 Presentation of the Convention 108+ World Mobile Congress, 25-27 February 2019 Cooperationwith GSMA Octopus Conference 2018+, 11-13 July 2018 Consultations on the Protocol to the Budapest Convention

  13. Cooperation with Companies Current and potential areas of cooperation (non-exclusive list) • bioethics; • children’s protection in the online environment; • combating cybercrime and the use of the internet for terrorist purposes; • data protection, including Big Data issues; • digital literacy promotion; • digitalisation of cultural heritage and cultural services; • addressing abusive forms of expression online (i.e., incitement to violence) and disinformation ("fake news" phenomenon); • democratic elections and e-voting; • combating money laundering and corruption. Additional agreements could be signed with other partners in the future.For further informationplease use the ‘Contact us‘ button on the website of the Media and Internet Division at www.coe.int/freedomofexpression

  14. Cooperation with Companies FUTURE: focus on deeper cooperation • Strasbourg, 18 June 2019 • Official meeting Committee of Ministers and internet companies (TC-INF meeting) • Role of algorithms in content moderation (including identification of terrorist content, as well as mis- and mal-information during the election campaigns) • Facial recognition in the light of works launched by Committee 108.

  15. Cooperation with Companies Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence • Address challenges: • Lethal autonomous weapons • Biomedicine and predictive medicine • Regulation of autonomous objects and vehicles • Regulation of online dispute resolution • E-Democracy • Education: benefits and limits of “adaptive learning” • Social impact: job instability • Define responsibility: • Identify the responsibility of the human behind the algorithms Council of Europe Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting Helsinki, 17 May 2019

  16. Cooperation with Companies Thanks for your attention ! further resources: www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/exchange-of-letters Facebook PageInformation Society Group

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